Exam 9: Social Class: Do Money and Power Matter in Sports

As defined in the chapter, social stratification refers to

Information on the number of blacks in coaching and management positions in North American professional team sports shows that

After looking at data on which nations and which athletes win medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the author concludes that these events

The lifestyles of middle-income and working class people are most likely to include those sports that have traditionally been

When athletes sign pro sport contracts at 21 years old, they can expect to retire between the ages of

Women are less likely to get certain jobs in sports and sport organizations because being qualified for the jobs is

When sports in a society are tied to an ideology that stresses the belief that success is based on the ability to compete against and defeat opponents, sports tend to

In his research on boxers, French sociologist Loic Wacquant notes that being a professional boxer in the U.S.is a life choice that

Social class relations are related to sports and sport participation because

NCAA data on the probability of playing sports beyond high school show that

Which of the following is true about women's job careers in sports?

After reading the chapter we could conclude that future occupational success and upward mobility would be highest among former elite athletes in

As defined in the chapter, social class refers to

When there are budget shortfalls, the high school sport programs most likely to be cut are in communities where there are

The class ideology underlying dominant sport forms in North America involves the belief that

According to political theorist Antonio Gramsci, the people who sponsor activities that provide popular pleasure and entertainment in society often do so to

Male athletes from poor and working class households often use sport participation as a means of obtaining

The two major challenges faced by retiring athletes are reconstructing their identities, and

In the Sports Illustrated rankings of the 50 most powerful people in [U.S.] Sports during 2013, the people most represented in the top 20 of the list primarily were

When people who control money and economic power use their financial clout to organize and sponsor sports, they give preference to sport forms that